Mel's Mistress Is Reportedly Pregnant; Winslet Sues Paper For Libel

• The National Enquirer claims that Mel Gibson sat his kids down and informed them that his Russian girlfriend, Oksana Grigorieva, is pregnant with his child, and they aren’t too happy about it.

“In late April, Mel gathered his children at the family home in Malibu and broke the news that Oksana is pregnant, and he expects them to accept the baby as a new sibling,” said a friend but, “They are quite upset. Even though Mel assured them the pregnancy was unplanned, they’re furious with him and say they’re going to take steps to protect their inheritance, which they feel is in jeopardy.” [The National Enquirer]

• Kate Winslet is suing the U.K. newspaper Daily Mail for £150,000 over an article that claimed she lied about how little she needs to work out to stay in shape. She claims they are guilty of libel because she really doesn’t go to the gym. [BBC]
• Sam Mendes and Kevin Spacey are working on the Bridge Project, a British/American action company that will perform the works of Shakespeare and Chekhov on tour. [The Telegraph]
• In an upcoming tell-all book, Lance Armstrong writes that he broke up with fiance Sheryl Crow because she wanted kids. “She wanted marriage, she wanted children; and not that I didn’t want that, but I didn’t want that at that time because I had just gotten out of a marriage, I’d just had kids. Yet we’re up against her biological clock – that pressure is what cracked it,” he said. “Because if somebody wants a child – man, that’s the greatest gift you can give to a woman – so who are you to stand there and say I don’t want one. So we were at different points in our lives. We were not compatible on that issue.” [The Daily Express]
• Fashion designer Jack McCollough needed surgery after Kiefer Sutherland allegedly headbutted him. “Mr. McCollough suffered a broken nose in three places as a result of the assault,” his rep said. “He received medical treatment last night after consulting with physicians.” A source said McCollough, “had to have his nose reset. It’s painful and it felt horrible.” [People]
• Dina Lohan is defending her parenting skills, claiming that Ali Lohan doesn’t just party with her sister Lindsay all day. “Ali is in a home-schooling program. She has never been pulled out of school,” Dina says. “It’s the same home-schooling program that Lindsay was in since the tenth grade. It’s a wonderful program that many celebrities are enrolled in.” [People]
• Sarah Palin supports Carrie Prejean and called her to offer support, according to Miss California‘s father, William Prejean. Prejean added that he’s not gay, contrary to reports, but “The gay and lesbian community has been supportive of Carrie,” he says, “Everyone comes up to Carrie and says, ‘We may not agree with you, but we respect you for what you say and these individuals do not.’ And they’re very emphatic. ‘Do not represent the gay and lesbian community.’ ” [E!]
• The Miss California pageant’s state directors Keith Lewis and Shanna Moakler rallied a group of beauty queens to film a commercial promoting the diversity of California, but Carrie Prejean said she had a “prior personal commitment otherwise she would have been glad to participate.” [Fox News]
• Earlier this week Shanna Moakler posed with two other former pageant titleholders, with duct tape over theirs mouths for a pro-gay marriage PSA promoting equal rights and NO on California’s Prop 8. Moakler said of the new Miss California diversity ad, “I think it’s really important that people understand that though Carrie Prejean is allowed to have her opinions, they don’t necessarily coincide with the Miss California Organization.” [Perez Hilton]
• The Mexico City premiere of X-Men Origins: Wolverine was postponed due to swine flu, but now Hugh Jackman Tweets: “I will bring Wolverine to Mexico City on May 26 to provide a moment of fun escapism and a treat for some of the loyal fans of the comic … My thoughts and prayers have been with all of those that have suffered directly or indirectly from the swine flu in Mexico.” [E!]
• A source claims that Natalie Portman is the reason Sean Penn filed for divorce from Robin Wright Penn, and that they’re still seeing each other. “She stimulates him in ways no other person has, mentally or professionally,” says a source. “There’s a lot more there with Natalie than any of the other girls Sean’s been with.” [Star]
• Random people who live near Kate Gosselin of Jon and Kate Plus 8 think that she may have been cheating too. “I heard Kate was getting way too close with her personal trainer, so Jon started cheating,” Trisha Berlin, a fellow Pennsylvanian said. Kate has also been linked to her bodyguard, who bloggers call “Mr. Gray.” [Star]
• Candy Spelling wrote on the Huffington Post, “I’m not feuding with my daughter [Tori Spelling]. She just doesn’t speak to me. And, she’s a good marketer.” It’s not really the best step for a woman who says she wants to finally “mesh” with her daughter. [The Huffington Post]
• David Beckham is denying rumors that he had a dinner date with Hungarian model Mariann Fogarasy. Beckham said: ‘Ninety per cent of what is written about us is invented. The last one was this story about the Hungarian model, I have never been out to dinner with this young lady.’I do not flirt with other women – I exist only for Victoria.” [The Daily Mail]
• Sacha Baron Cohen bleached his body hair for Bruno and discovered that he is severe allergic to peroxide and required medical treatment. [People]
• Apparently that included bleaching his anal hair. He couldn’t sit for days. [TMZ]
• Sienna Miller wrote on The Huffington Post about her trip to the Congo for International Medical Corps. [The Huffington Post]
• Deborah Gibson is trying to get fans to campaign to get her on Dancing With The Stars. She Tweeted: “DWTS won’t cast me cuz I did skating show!? I didn’t produce it – just on it! Did u guys know that? Start a petition!!!!” [Perez Hilton]
• Whitney Houston is recording a new album. [Perez Hilton]
• John Cleese says alimony payments to his ex-wife Alyce Faye Eichelberger are preventing him from finishing the A Fish Called Wanda musical. II think we’ve got some very good ideas now but one of the problems is I can’t settle down to write it until I’ve earned enough money to do that because there is no money being paid to me for doing it,” he said.
  “Otherwise you lose control of it artistically and I do still have to find £1 million a year in alimony, so I have to earn that before I get started. So I will get down to it when I’ve done that.” [The Daily Mail]
• Did Jaime Hince of The Kills disappear from his tour to spend time with girlfriend Kate Moss? His bandmate was so worried about him she posted an alert on her Facebook page. [The Daily Mail]
• Tori Amos says her new album Abnormally Attracted To Sin is inspired by the financial crisis. She said, “The world has changed completely, it seems, in the past two years. The world that we all knew before, could wake up in feeling safe, … now it seems that everything has been turned upside down,” [Reuters]
• Coldplay drummer Will Champion says of the recent accusations that the band plagiarized Viva La Vida, “It’s tough when people accuse you of stealing something when you know that you didn’t. So, we accept that it’s part of the territory and know it is only for some reason, God only knows why, the successful songs that seem to be the ones that are accused of being stolen. So, you go figure it out.” [Rolling Stone]
• Rachel Weisz would like us to know we’re mispronouncing her name. “In America everyone says it wrong. It’s V-I-C-E. I learned to be polite. I have been here for eight years, but now I am going to start correcting people.” [N.Y. Magazine]
• The main lodge at the Soldier Mountain Ski Resort, which is owned by Bruce Willis, will be rebuilt after a March 30 fire. [Yahoo]
• Amy Winehouse is scheduled to perform today at the St. Lucia Jazz Festival, her first appearance in about eight months. [People]
• Gretchen Wilson says she wants to make up with her mother. “As far as I know things are going a lot better with her life than they were previously,” said Wilson. “And so I’m thinking that this Mother’s Day, we might reconnect.” [AP]
• Kendra Wilkinson says her fiancé Hank Baskett will cry at their wedding. “I’m a crier,” Wilkinson said. “I laugh. Whenever I feel like crying I’ll laugh to overpower it. So I’ll be laughing on the way down [the aisle] because I’ll see Hank crying,” she continued. “I know he’ll cry. When I get to him, that’s when I’ll cry.” [E!]
• Christina Applegate is the 2009 Ambassador for Lee National Denim Day to support the fight against breast cancer. [People]
• Jimmy Fallon left the College of St. Rose in Albany in 1995 one semester short of graduation. At commencement this weekend he will receive his diploma and speak at the college. [Yahoo]
• Sex and the City co-star Mario Cantone says of Sarah Jessica Parker‘s soon-to-be born twin girls, “I’m thrilled for her! She has definitely wanted to have a girl … She’s going to have so much fun bringing the two girls up and teaching them to be young ladies.” [People]
• Lane Garrison has been released from rehab. “He stayed at the facility for a couple of hours,” says a source. “Because of the work he did as a substance-abuse program leader while he was incarcerated, they said he had already served his time in regards to rehabilitation so it would be redundant considering the work that he had already completed.” The courts don’t agree, and his has another two to three years of parole left. [ E!]
• Today, after receiving an honorary doctorate of humane and musical letters from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Dolly Parton said, “Just think, I am Dr. Dolly!” [AP]
• Brody Jenner has confirmed that Kristen Cavallari is joining The Hills, if anyone cares. [ZackTaylor.ca]
• This article about “What happened when a famous rockstar’s ‘model’ daughter threw a strop on set…” is like a 300 world blind item, but it’s Friday, and we’re too tired to figure out who it is. [The Daily Mail]
• The White Stripes haven’t split up and Jack White says new material won’t be, “too far off. Maybe next year.” [Rolling Stone]
• Paris Hilton is on vacation with boyfriend Doug Reinhardt, but she keeps posting pictures of the two making out on Twitter with captions like, “My smooches from a secret island.” Warning: close up shots of the two making out at the link. [The Sun]
• Gwyneth Paltrow has put a session with her personal trainer Tracy Anderson up for auction on eBay to benefit Clear Water Initiative, a charity that provides clean water to poor areas. [The Daily Express]
• Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour is holding a concert at a secret location on May 24 to raise money for the charity Crisis. Fans will be told the location via text message the day before. [The Daily Express]
• Sandra Bullock says since marrying Jesse James in 2005, “I’ve had to learn a hard lesson in that I’m not allowed to open car doors anymore,” Bullock says. “It was so hard for me to allow someone to take care of me. It’s not because I can’t take care of myself. But Jesse was like, ‘Just let me do this.'” [People]
• Daniel Radcliffe has been hanging out with Our Lady J., who the UK papers have called a drag queen. She said, “I have no comment on Daniel, except that we support each other as artists. And I’d like to clarify that I’m not a Dolly-Parton-impersonating drag queen: I am a singing/songwriting/piano-playing woman (of transexual experience, if you must). And I happen to be a very powerful witch, so don’t fuck with me fellas!” [Popnography]
• In a recent interview porn star Sasha Grey said she wanted to drape herself in a Palestinian flag, go on The Howard Stern Show and confront the shock jock for being “a closet racist.” She claims she was joking, but Howard Stern is insulted that she called him a racist and said, “For the most part, I really don’t want to hear a porn star try to prove how intelligent [she is] and her porn is a political statement. I mean, that just sounds absurd to me.” He continued, “What a genius. I’m going to sit there and listen to this. Please. Just tell me how much cock you can suck and how far you can swallow a hot dog. That’s what I want to know. I mean, really. How dare you?” [Rolling Stone]